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one study says it's a fact, political hogwash or the real deal, we're going to explore. and this -- from fantasia to usher we take you live to new orleans, one of the biggest music festivals in the country going on right now. i'm don lemon, live at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. the news starts right now. we begin with this developing story, the former head of the international monetary fund is free from house arrest. dominique strauss-kahn and his wife today left the manhattan townhouse where they had been saying. he was arrested in may for an alleged sexual assault against a hotel housekeeper. but in recent days the case seems to be unraveling because of the alleged victim's own credibility issues. susan candiotti is covering the story for us from new york city. susan is going to be with us

shortly, but again, that is dominique strauss-kahn out and about in manhattan. again, that case seems to be unraveling because of the alleged -- what do you know? >> reporter: well, first of all, we have -- i have direct information according to a source with direct knowledge of this investigation. about two different things, first of all is confirmation about reporting that originally appeared in the "new york times" but now we have an independent confirmation of it. the first, don, has to do with a jailhouse phone call that was made, according to the source from the jail to the hotel maid just a day after the alleged sexual assault at the hotel, and

in this phone call, and this is being paraphrased for me, the inmate at the hotel who was described to me as a boyfriend of the hotel maid, she says to him, words to the effect of, i'm fine, don't worry about me, i've got the situation covered, this man has a lot of money. words that effect. this is a key phone call that, of course, helped lead investigators, according to my source to identify serious credibility issues with the hotel maid. that's how it's being described to me. the second thing, don, has to do with bank accounts. according to the source, investigators uncovered several bank accounts in her name, located in different states, into which tens of thousands of dollars, several thousand dollars at a time were deposited in her name. these deposits were made by

someone that is being described as friends of hers who had, i am told, criminal backgrounds, possibly dealing with drug dealing. so this is information that certainly was critical to the overall case, don, and helped lead prosecutors to publicly disclose to the defense that she had major credibility issues. >> all right. clearly an unfolding story. susan candiotti standing by in new york. appreciate it. a new warning from moammar gadhafi to europe, the libyan leader is vowing vengeance for nato's bombing in his country, he says homes in europe could be targets. >> instead of issuing threats, gadhafi should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power and help facilitate a democratic transition that will meet the

aspirations of the libyan people. >> a state department spokesman says the u.s. takes gadhafi's threats seriously and will continue to support nato's mission in libya. a travel alert in mexico this weekend. authorities are urging americans to stay away from the border in mexico. a mexican drug cartel plans to target americans for kidnappings in nuevo laredo. michele bachmann is in iowa today, and steve travis was the only reporter allowed to speak with bachmann today. >> it's very important to be here and have a presence here because the values and the

opinions that people have in iowa, they count for the nation, so it's important that we come here, this is the breadbasket of the world for a reason. this is where the food is grown, we have the best farmers in the world right here in iowa. so it's important to come and listen to what people have to say here in iowa and then take that message back to washington, d.c. >> shannon joins me now live from des moines. hello, shannon, michele bachmann is surging now in a recent iowa poll. >> reporter: it's really hard to hear you right now. there's a band playing behind me, so i can't quite hear that question. let me set the stage about what's going on and why we're here. michele bachmann is a feature speaker, she's the reason why all of these people are assem e assembling. an earlier stop in iowa city, it's one of five stops she has today in iowa. she basically kicked off her bus tour in iowa today.

so this is going to be a big deal for her and her supporters who are here. and later she's going to be going to an iowa cubs baseball game and talk to supporters and voters there as well. >> so she's on a bus tour, is it all iowa all the time this weekend? where is she going? apparently shannon can't hear me, we'll get back to shannon travis, he's reporteding for us live in iowa. a political note for you, the presidential seal fell off the white house limousine this weekend while he was on his way to the airport. a philly police officer found the seal alongside route 76, he returned to the secret schlts. closing arguments set to

begin tomorrow in the murder case that has millions watching. what you can expect. the lawyers to say and what our legal expert thinks of the verdicts, we'll have that for you straight ahead. also more on dominique strauss-kahn and the case against him that seems to be unraveling. is he a guilty man or is he a victim here? we're asking our expert. and the royal wedding that took place today, did you even know about it? you can reach out to us on twitter or facebook on facebook.com/donlemoncnn. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more

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his first marriage, but his second wedding ceremony. he married charlene woodstock in a civil ceremony yesterday. 3,500 guests were present including 20 heads of state. big wedding there. three days down, six busy days to go. prince william and his wife katherine are on their first official tour of canada. today in of the works the royal new newlyweds planted a hemstock tree. now they're headed to another canadian city, montreal. max, what will the duke and

dutch che dutchooer dutchess being do? >> there's lots of anti-monarchy campaigners, they do like will and kate generally, but they're not sure about the monarchy. the culinary institute where later on katherine and william will be approving, you may be able to make out a big crowd over there, on one end of them are katherine and will supporters and the other, an anti-monarchy group. one side chanting "will and kate." and the other side is shouting "parasites, parasites." they want to get rid of the monarchy. they're going to be arriving in about an hour or so. it's going to be katherine's first experience of the negative side of royalty. >> so shouting back and forth between supporters and protesters, but no real serious

problems, correct? >> reporter: no. what you find in the polls is in this area people don't necessarily want the monarchy, but they are big fans of william and katherine. most people are indifferent. but william and katherine, a very successful tour so far. canada celebrations yesterday. at the moment, we may be able to show you pictures of where they are right now, a children's hospital. they have both spoken about wanting to start a family and they're going to go to an icu unit, very young babies who have problems. but they're going to have some fun in the building, they're going to learn how to cook. will knows how to cook so he may be able to teach the student here a thing or two.

>> and they're headed to l.a. after that, right? >> reporter: they're going to be in hollywood, they're going to be meeting lots of big stars, studio bosses that are trying to promote the british film industry. they're also going to go down to skid row because of one of the prince's favorite causes is homelessness, he has supported that ever since his mother took him in to a homeless shelter when he was a young boy. speak of out west, coffee stands in the pacific northwest are getting naughty. so much so the local council is stepping in and may crack down on what are called sexpresso stands. but first, the scandal

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we believe that the district attorney is laying the foundation to dismiss this case. anyone can see that. they agreed to let dominique strauss-kahn freely roam new york city or any other city in the united states knowing full well that the victim to this very day maintains that he sexual assaulted her in that room. >> the attorney for the hotel maid who accused a prominent

international official of assau assault. police say she lied on her federal tax return and where she was immediately after former imf chief dominic strauss-kahn. he is now out on his own recognizance. the charges have not been dropped but now more accusations are flying that the manhattan da is sabotaging the case for fear they will lose to strauss-kahn. is this a case of blame the victim? what's going on here. >> reporter: that's what they usually do with rape victims. in order to be a rape victim in america, do you need to go to church and never tell a lie and never date any bad boys? that's kind of what's happening here, you mentioned that the da

is afraid they could lose the case and it could hurt them politically, there's a conflict of interest piece because the da has somebody who's married to somebody on the defense team. and strauss-kahn is going to be running for president of france and he can't do that unless this case is closed. this victim has got to get through the tangled web of informal income and informal life in america. she dates a guy who sells fake bags to white women in manhat n manhattan. he trades some for a joint and ends up in jail. some men are putting money in her accounts here and there. this doesn't discount the fact that she could have been raped remember those other women who came forward, all saying they were brave enough to come forward to talk about the other assaults they had endure ed wit

him. >> it does call into question the credibility, though, i understand everything that you're saying. >> the credibility piece is definitely there, but watch close ly closely, are they going to try to get this dismissed? >> let's switch gears here, in the pacific northwest there's coffee shops called sexpresso stands where the servers wear very little. when kids are exposed to this kind of thing, can it actually harm them? is this something bad? someone wrote to me on twitter, this gives new meaning to the phrase coffee and doughnuts. >> i think it should be regulated. i think it is adult entertainment. and there's a whole world of difference between you or i being exposed to sexually explicit material or a young child.

many in the behavioral sciences agree that one of the factors in the precocious puberty is this highly sexualized world we live in. the images go into the eyes and then go to the pituitary gland and says they are ready to procreate. >> kids who participate in fourth of july celebrations slightly increase the chances of being a republican? >> i don't think you can correlate the fourth of july party with the conservative politics. what you can say is that conservative families in certain areas of the country are more likely to really celebrate july fourth. so i really think it's the family system and the local community that influences people's politics in the early years. the study even said that if

there was very little rain on the fourth of julys growing up, there was more chance you were going to be a republican. in other words republicans don't even stop for rain. >> okay. all right, whatever. thank you, wendy. >> it's out of harvard, who knew? >> we'll keep that in mind, thank you, wendy, we appreciate it. 33 days of testimony and it all comes down to this, closing arguments just hours away in the casey anthony trial. sonny hostin is here on what we can expect to hear from the prosecution and the defense to try to sway the trial their way. this is not your average car crash, a car upside down on top of a building. wait until you hear how it got there. mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites...

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mr. baez, you may call your next witness. >> your honor, the defense rests. >> the casey anthony trial back in business. sunday, the defense has rested so has the prosecution. the closing arguments get started in the rare sunday session and we're near the end of this incredible case. sonny hostin, you know her very well, you've seen her since the very beginning of this case. sonny, they're even planning to meet on the fourth of july, are they in a hurry to get this thing over? >> well, you know, it has been 33 days of testimony. this jury is sequestered so they haven't seen their families, they haven't been home, they haven't been to work. so i'm certain that the jury is absolutely ready to get that case in their hands. but there is a lot of speculation that the jury's going to come back with a very quick verdict because they want to go home and barbecue. this is a serious case, it's a capital case, it's a complicated

case and i would imagine the jury's going to do the right things and consider all of the evidence and come to an appropriate verdict. >> especially when it involves, really, the death of a child. we have been talking about what a circus this has been, but at the bottom of this, a little girl is dead. was there a turning point in this prosecution? >> i think it was in their rebuttal case. this was a circumstantial case for the prosecution, while i think they did a decent job, the defense poked a lot of holes in their case. in their rebuttal case, i think the prosecution proved by pretty convincing evidence that cindy anthony got on the witness stand and lied for her daughter when she got on the stand and said that she did the searches for chloroform. the prosecution says casey anthony did it, in the defense case, cindy anthony says, no i did it. and now we know that she was likely at work on march 17 and couldn't have done it from the

anthony home computer. i think that was a pivotal, pivotal moment for the prosecution. >> this family must keep it's secrets quiet and it all began when casey was 8 years old and her father came into her room and began to touch her inappropriately. and it escalated. >> okay, so remember that abuse claim that got floated out there, was that a mistake? >> well, you know, i think it's too soon to tell, some people are saying it was a novice mistake for him to front load that opening statement with evidence that he knew could only come from casey anthony and she basically was forced then to take the stand, if these allegations were true. but some people are saying that he slipped this abuse, this reasonable doubt piece through the back door while questioning

george anthony and other witnesses. so i'm not going to say it was a mistake yet. i think we have to wait to see what the jury says when they reach their verdict and perhaps hopefully speak to us, speak to the media and see what they gleaned from those sex abuse allegations. too soon to call that one, don. >> i'm going to ask you about a verdict, if you would like to predict. but i would like to ask you this, people have said, you know it's crazy what's going on and she's being caught in lies, but a lot of people are saying it's not going to depends on what she says, because she hasn't taken the stand, it's going to depend on physical evidence. is there anything that can convict casey anthony besides circumstantial evidence? >> it's a circumstantial case, you're right, there's no physical evidence linking casey anthony to this crime. there's no witnesses who say they saw casey anthony give herr

daughter chloroform and then put duct tape over her nose and mouth. but remember scott peterson, he's sitting on death row right now. >> so you're saying she's going to get convicted? >> she's going to get convicted of something. i think everyone that i have spoken to agree that something criminal happened, they just don't know what. i think perhaps the truth lays somewhere in the middle between the prosecution's theory and the defense's theory. prosecution's closing argument tomorrow, i'm going to be covering it on hln. i think everybody will be tuning in to this trial tomorrow. >> thank you sunny hostin. i appreciate it, so i'll tell you happy fourth tomorrow. unbelievable pictures from louisiana, state troopers say a car was going so fast that it flipped multiple times before vaulting 12 feet in the air and landing on the roof of a bus terminal. our affiliate reports a

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top stories right now, dominique strauss-kahn and his wife left their home for the first time since -- serious doubts have been raised by the alleged victim's truthfulness and credibility. a new warning from moammar gadhafi to europe. the libyan leader is vowing homes across europe could be potential targets. the u.s. takes gadhafi's threats seriously and will continue to support gadhafi's mission in libya. a violent mexican drug

cartel plans to target americans for robbery, extortion and carjackings. nuevo laredo is just across the border from laredo, texas. prince albert of monaco is celebrating his marriage today to charlene woodstock of south africa. because of dry conditions many states are going fireworks free, wow, this holiday. meteorologist karen maginess here to tell us all about it. >> all about about 12 counties in the state of texas are reporting fire bans. in west texas, they desperately need the rainfall there, already in the state of texas, 3.2 million acres have burned. we have heard about the fire right around los alamos, they are saying this is priority one fire in the country.

and we have seen this already burn 177 miles square across the region. but not just fires there, but also into arizona, right along the arizona-new mexico border. but look at these temperatures well into the 90s. it is breezy and it doesn't look like much in the way of fire relief coming up in the next several days. i have got some images to show you. take a look at this, they had a fire right around gulf shores, alabama. they muput the fire out, rite around 1,000 acres. but these alligators survived by hunkering down into a mud hole. in kansas city, the missouri river has been running above flood stage and they say it's going to stay there until about the middle of workweek, they're seeing major flooding along the missouri river, they have diverted the missouri to the st. louis to kansas city train that

runs there because some of the tracks have been reported flooded. also, let's take you to minnesota, 300 plus reports of high wind and hail, all the way from colorado to michigan. this one from our i-reporter in marshall, minnesota. he said the storms there were absolutely vicious. we do have some strong and gusty winds across portions of new mexico. not that fire alert that we have seen, but many hundreds of thousands of acres have burned here and fires will contin fir diane -- so she is doing something about it. the last eight years, this cnn hero has helped more than 1,500 kids by opening her door and inviting them in. >> guns, guns and more guns. these are our young people,

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what a good time down in new orleans. major r&b powers descending this weekend on the 17th essence music festival. we have got some cnn stars there as well. let's go to suzanne malveaux, live in nolo. >> reporter: it is hot. it's hotter than atlanta. it's amazing, too. i mean, don, you were here, the energy and the excitement around a lot of these performers and it's interesting too because there's another theme as well, they were talking about transforming your life, we had a political panel, just a couple

of hours ago, it was called what matters, and it really was focusing on a lot of the voters and a lot of the people here wondering what matters to the community, so we had president obama's top senior advisor valerie jarrett on stage, we asked her some questions about that, about the economy. we had other white house officials and we had two mayors, we had the mayor of atlanta, kasim reid, he was talking about the pension plan. and we had the mayor of new orleans mitch landrieu. he said this essence celebration is very important but there's things that are going to happen after essence as well. new orleans is coming back, it's unemployment is now 8%, that's less than the national average.

>> we saw last year amazingly that our unemployment rate is actually two points below the national average. our property values went up 9% when everybody else's went down. all of the scores in our schools that we're reforming from top to bottom have closed the achievement gap between kids in the city and kids in the state. so they're great economic indicators, forbes magazine has now highlighted us as the second best place in america to have jobs. >> reporter: and a lot of it is about tourism, bringing people back to new orleans. we talked about a very serious issue, and that is the crime issue, he says they're addressing them head on. he sa i have a lot of family here in new orleans, it is still a place that is struggling, but it does look like there are many signs

that it does look like it's coming back. >> i talked to the mayor about 20 minutes yesterday about crime as well. and it's going to be interesting to see what he does in the next couple of years. listen, real quickly suzanne, i know you got a chance to talk to chaka khan. >> reporter: can you say it don, chaka khan, chaka khan, chaka khan. you have to say it three times. she has had some ups and downs, the time now, she explains it is still a challenge for her to feel good about herself, she does feel good about herself being sober, but she does want to pass along that message to other women that you have got to work on yourself and continue to work on yourself to be successful.

here's a little bit of our interview that we shared yesterday. >> i had to relearn that this is a gift. i had to learn to like myself or pretend i did, so i did. i'm still working on that part too. it was hard. >> reporter: and, don, she's actually going to be performing tonight. she's going to be performing tonight here, she's just one of many of the highlights, the artists that are going to be here, that are here in this celebration this weekend. i'm going to take a quick break, don, i think i'm going to go to the lunch factory, it's one of my favorites, but i understand you had a great time here as well. they're trying to do both, essentially bring entertainment and culture back here to promote it in new orleans, but also to boost this economy and it's something that seems to be working well here don. >> i'm going to give you a tip.

it's called taste of new orleans and get the barbecue shrimp and just the fried garlic shrimp. amazing, i gained 20 pounds in one day. >> oh, i'll try that out, but i'm going to go to the lunch factory too. i got a full schedule, don. >> thanks, suzanne, have a great time. and i want to tell our viewers coming up at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we're going to talk to soledad o'brien who's there as well. one person's story of how exercise cannot just help the body, can it also heal the mind. and the last launch of the space shuttle approaching and we're tracking the momentous final steps. to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network...

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joseph maroon hasn't always had it so together. dr. sanjay gupta has the story of how one man overcame major obstacles to get his life back on track. >> dr. maroon remembers the exact moment his life fell apart. >> i had a major personal train wreck. within the course of a week, my father died, a marriage that was rocky ended, and i didn't have any reserve. i had to quit neurosurgery. >> death, divorce, depression. all of it of happened in a matter of days. >> my mental processing was

gone. >> you were rock bottom. >> i hit bottom. >> the crisis was so bad, dr. maroon contemplated suicide. but then came the opportunity. >> there was a phone call from a banker friend in wheeling, west virginia who i think took pity on me and said, hey, joe, let's go for a run. >> your first response? >> are you crazy? >> but he did go for that run. and he felt something go click. >> it was the first night that i slept in about four or five months. >> is that right. just getting a little bit of exercise. >> four times around, i slept. >> in fact he was running so much, he developed an over use injury, so he started to bike and then swim, and slowly his depression began to fade. >> i started to feel strong again and was able to get back to to neurosurgery, get back to my life. >> that's when he heard about triathlons. back then,s it was a new sport.

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>> next friday marks a milestone for nasa space shuttle program. that's when "atlantis" is scheduled to launch on the final shuttle mission ever. the shuttle program was a long time in coming. it was on the drawing board merely a year before the apollo moon landing. and unlike other designs, the shuttle was reusable. and considered by some as cost effective. so why is nasa pulling the plug now? john zarrella asking the experts. was the program a success or a failure? >> reporter: from the beginning, it was a marvelous machine releasing from it cargo bay deep space probes like ulysses that went to jupiter, astronauts ventured out untethered. >> the trip to take ten minutes. >> reporter: to capture and retrieve failed satellites dead in space. dangerous feats unheard of

before shuttle. the great observatory hubble dazzles with breath taking images of the universe and its ability to see galaxies born nearly at the dawn of time. >> shulgtz has arrived on board "atlantis." >> reporter: hubble was launched to repair and service from shuttle. every major building block of the football field long space station was carried up and assembled from shuttle. before becoming that ises a's head man, charlie bolden was an astronaut. he flew four shuttle flights including the hubble launch. >> i defy anybody, and i will argue with my apollo comrades, the accomplishments the achievements, the record of performance, the spinoffs, the capabilities that have been developed, what we did in shuttle over the years dwarf what we've done in the apollo

era. >> we can build spacecraft, we can build booster, but there's no mission. we are wandering in the desert in space today. period. >> reporter: so why now? why call it quits now? from the time of its inception 40 years ago until the shuttles are retired, the program will have cost the american taxpayers just shy of $115 billion. that's less than $4 billion a year. a drop if that in the federal budget. still, the problem is money. >> there's just not enough money in nasa to continue the existing programs and start a new program at the same time. >> was it time? >> yes, it was time. and it has been time for some time to phase out of shuttle and go back to exploration. >> reporter: whether you hated

it or hailed it, whether you felt it a waste or worth it, the shuttle was an iconic flying machine that symbolized america's inspiration and ingenuity. >> catch the special beyond "atlantis" sunday night, 8:00 eastern, right here on cnn. and next week join anderson cooper and john zarrella live for the final launch 11:26 a.m. eastern on july 8th. let's get you caught up on the headlines. dominique strauss-kahn and his wife left a manhattan townhouse today for the first time since eches released friday from house arrest. strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in may. serious doubts have been raised about the alleged victim's truthfulness and credibility. there's news from i